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While the number of women in the Lok Sabha has grown gradually over the years, India’s relative position in the world has declined. This shows that the rest of the world has improved faster. A 33% reservation could lift India’s stature on this metric.
Women's reservation bill listed in Lok Sabha; women MPs account for 15% in lower House, less than 10% in state assemblies.
The bill has proposed that the reservation will continue for a period of 15 years and there will be quota for SC/STs within the reserved seats for women
The provisions in the Constitution (128th Amendment) Bill make it clear that the women's reservation will come into effect only after the delimitation exercise or the redrawing of constituencies taking into account the data of the census conducted once the bill becomes a law.
Today the Centre introduced the ‘Nari Shakti Vandan Adhiniyam 2023’ or the Women Reservation Bill in the Lok Sabha, which seeks to guarantee 33% quota for women in the Lok Sabha and state Assemblies.